All-natural recipes and baking tips for home bakers
I’ve spent a lot of time in Germany, particularly Berlin, and this version of apfelkuchen (apple cake) is very similar to what I’ve found in the bakeries there. Never too heavy on the sugar, European pastries are often sweetened naturally with fruit. Apples are very common, but you see many fruit tarts loaded with any seasonal fruit, as well as jam-filled sweet rolls or doughnuts, …
Baking chocolate cake at high altitude is one of the greater challenges in a baker’s life. Chocolate cakes tend to take more sugar, and sugar plus high altitude is a problem. You can overcome this problem with trial and error, or you can use a tried-and-true recipe that will produce a moist, chocolaty cake without a lot of fuss. This recipe is from an old …
There are a million chocolate cupcake recipes out there. The problem is, Which one produces a truly rich, moist chocolate cupcake? I can tell you that this recipe has been analyzed and adjusted using the classic Bakewise text by Shirley O. Corriher. It’s properly balanced between fat and sugar to give you the perfect, moist cupcake without being oily or overly sweet. And the chocolate …
Fall is in the air here in Denver, Colorado. We’ve already had a few days of 32F weather, the trees in town are turning and dropping leaves, and the pumpkins are starting to appear on people’s front porch. With my nieces and nephew in town now, I look for more sweet treats for them, but I also want something natural and homemade, without too much …
Lemon Buttermilk Cake and Cupcakes. Now includes regular and high-altitude recipes! It’s getting warm here in Colorado. I’ll spend the early morning out in the garden, pulling the %#@& grass that loves to infiltrate my flower beds. While I was working this morning, I was thinking about what I wanted to make for an upcoming barbecue party. I settled on lemon . . . something. …